Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Hello, > > > > I'd like to convert org-mode documents to PDF using the exporter, > > on OSX, but it appears that I'd have to download MacTex which is a 2GB > > download. Is there anything smaller that I could download in order to > > be able to > > export org documents to PDF? > > Install LibreOffice and follow instructions in this thread: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2012-09/msg00027.html >
I did a quick and dirty calculation on my Ubuntu 11.04 system like this: ,---- | $ apt-cache show libreoffice-* | grep Installed | awk '{ total += $2;} END {print total;}' | 6026311 | $ apt-cache show texlive-* | grep Installed | awk '{ total += $2;} END {print total;}' | 1419784 `---- So if Nathan objects to 2GB of TeX, I presume 6GB would be 3 (or perhaps 4, given my numbers) times more unacceptable :-) Caveats: o I haven't checked the calculation at all (not even to make sure the units are KB) - but the relative size of the numbers is telling nevertheless. o There may be lots of extraneous packages in the lists that one could omit and that might make a big difference in the final numbers. o Nathan may have Libre Office already installed for other reasons, in which case size considerations are moot. Nick